SURRY COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Arthur Allen, 4 Apr 1728 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- A TRUE AND PERFECT INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENTS OF ARTHUR ALLEN DECEASED TAKEN APRILL THE 4TH 1728, VIZT: In the Kitchen £ s d Over the Chamber £ s d ___________________________________ _________________________________________ 59 pewter at 6 9 4 3 1 feather bed and furniture 10 0 0 47 old do at 6 1 3 6 1 do w lugg quilt & blankett 6 0 0 1-1/2 doz soup plate 10 0 0 6 caine chairs and stools 2 10 0 3 doz of flat do 21 0 0 2 pr brass doggs shovell 1 0 0 at 12/doz. fender & tongs 14 old Do 1 16 0 1 pr bellows & 2 scrins 0 4 0 8 large pewter basins 10 0 0 1 chest pf drawers 5 0 0 at 3/6 1 dressing table & box, 8 10 0 6 sets do @ 3 18 0 0 & 1 looking glass 2 sets do @ 2/ 4 0 0 1 tea table and furniture 1 0 0 21 pewter @ 12 ea 10 1 0 4 pewter porringers 6 0 0 In the Chamber 26 pewter candle mold 1 10 0 4 ft course old sheets 1 12 0 a parcell of tin 14 1 0 3 pr newer do 3 0 0 3 doz patty pans 0 9 0 5 ozin brigs do 1 0 0 a tea kettle,a coffee pot 14 5 0 5 Holland do 3 2 6 a chocolat pot/funell 5 Holland do 1 5 0 a spice marker and pestle 1 5 0 1 ft new do all at 1-5-0 1 diaper table cloth 0 15 0 2 bell.mettle skillets & 0 18 1 1 old smaller do 0 3 0 a copper stew pott 1 new damask do & 12 napkins 1 16 0 1 iron plate frame 0 4 0 1 huckaback do & 10 napkins old 1 0 0 3 brass kettle weig 0 2 6 1 do of do & 12 napkins old 1 0 0 at 10 ea 12 diaper napkins 1 4 0 7 brass candle sticks 42 diaper towells & 2 huckaback 0 0 6 & 2 snuffers 10 pillow cases & 1 side board 1 8 0 4 chavin dishes, 1 ladle 6 course.table cloths & 2 doz 1 8 0 & baister napkins 1 doz course towells 0 12 0 3 spitts,1 grid iron 0 15 0 1 doz course pillow cases 0 18 0 flesh fork & ladle 3 small course table cloths & 0 8 0 5 potts weigh 210 at 3 per 2 12 6 napkins & 7 pillow cases 1 driping pan weighing 0 4 0 1 feather bed & furniture 8 0 0 12 at 4 1 do with lugg blanketts, 4 1 0 1 pr iron doggs weigh 57 0 19 0 cover lid bedstead, & 2 att 4__ pillows 18 feathers at 12 0 18 0 1 warming pan & close stool 1 0 0 1 wheat suis & 2 siftors 0 24 0 1 old small chest of drawers 1 0 0 small course table cloths 2 trunks & 8 leather chairs 2 8 0 1 iron dish warmer 0 3 0 1 leather soreers? 1 10 0 2 small tables 1 5 0 In the Hall 1 large looking glass 1 5 0 1 doz Rushia leather 4 10 0 1 pr iron doggs, shovell & 1 2 0 chairs at 7/6 tongs 1 cane couch bed & pillow 1 10 0 2 box irons & heaters and 2 0 10 0 1 scriptor 4 0 0 flatt irons 2 tables 1 15 0 2 small boxes, a parcel combs 0 4 0 1 tea table and furniture 2 10 0 and a briskett 1 clock 10 0 0 1 large looking glass 2 5 0 1 pr iron doggs, fire 1 4 0 Over the Porch shovell & tongs 1 pr old leather baggs & a 1 8 0 98 ounces of plate at 4 19 12 0 smaller one 21 glasses, a chimey cry__. a parcell of books 2 0 0 & earthen bowle,chiney 1 6 4 a brass cock & sun dial 0 5 0 plate & a bird cage 2 nichcloths & 6 ells ozenbrigs 0 8 0 _______furniture a____ 7 0 0 1 ell garlichs, 3 ells finer do 0 9 6 Rushia leather chair @ 9/6 1 10 0 12 ells do, 2 pillow cases & 1 19 9 an oval table 0 18 0 4-1/2 yds hchen? 2 dutch tea tabbles 0 17 0 2 pr boddice 15, 3 yds murlin 1 7 0 1 small table, dressing 1 0 0 3-1/2 yds henlin 7/, 8 pr gloves 0 15 0 glass & twy light 2 pr womens gloves 2/, 1 pr small 0 6 0 money scales Over the Hall 1 pr large money scales 12/, 4 0 16 0 small trunks 1 feather bed & furniture 8 0 0 6 yds pack.thred dimotty 10/, 3 9 0 1 do two blanketts, quilt 5 10 0 & 29-1/2 yds do 2/ & two pillows 1-1/2 yds striped hott'd 2/18, 3 2 0 8 cain chairs 2 16 0 64 yds mar'd blew 1 chest of drawers 3 10 0 2 1-yd stuff 1.0.0 & 2-1/4 yds 1 6 9 1 large looking glass, 1 3 10 0 kersey dressing do, 1 table, 1 dear skin 1/6 & 1 suit curtains 1 11 6 box, &c & vallances 1 pr dogs,brass shovell & 0 12 0 2 brass skimmers 1/, 1 fidle & 0 18 0 tongs & bellows case 2 small tables & twy lights 1 5 0 1 box medicines 5/, 3 wiggs 2 15 0 2/10/0 In Ye Garrott Over Chamber 1 case with two razors &c 0 10 0 1 gold ring, silver snuff box & 1 10 0 1 feather bed lugg & 2 0 0 pair studs blankett all old 1 large hone, 1 pr silver buckles 0 10 0 1 cradle goe cart & childs 0 10 0 bristi lock & seale chair 5 yds broadcloth & triming 5 17 0 6 rush bottom chairs 0 12 0 &c 1 table & box 0 4 0 5 black hoods, 1/10/0, 1 hand- 1 11 6 kerchief 1/6 In Ye Garrott Over Ye Porch 4 yds lace 6/, 8-1/2 yds ribbon 0 8 0 32 sticks mohair 5/4, 4 pr 0 6 1 1 bedstead & cord, 5 hush 1 2 0 spring tongs bottom chairs, 1 chest 7 brass candlesticks 0 17 0 and table 4 iron do 4/, 4 yds bed lace & 0 10 5 In Ye Grrott Over Ye Hall 7 scains (skeins) silk 1 featherbed lugg, curtains 4 0 0 2 pr steel shoe buckles, 1 pr 0 1 9 & batting shirt buttons 7 old chairs 0 10 0 4pr sizers (scissors), 3 pr 0 7 0 1 table trunk baskett & 1 10 0 larger do, 27 droun hooks, looking glass & two some pearch do flower potts 2 pr nitting needles & 2 pr spurn 0 1 10 In the Sellers 2 tobacco boxes, 1 razor, 1 0 3 0 12 lbs? pewter at 9 0 9 0 phonsefleams? 7 stone butter potts, 2 0 10 0 3 knives & forks & 7 single 0 6 0 stone juggs & 1 pau___ tirines? pot 23 bunches pearch seard?, 4 silk 0 6 0 1 old chest and _____rtt 0 6 0 do 4 earthen jarrs 0 14 0 1 wi_ box, 5 pewter spoons 0 2 10 2 old chests 0 9 0 1 nutmeg greater & 1 peper 20 tile casks 3 0 0 box 30 doz & five qt bottles 3 3 6 1 spey glass &c 5 rolls brown 0 12 0 15 doz & four pint do 1 2 6 thread 18 potts do 0 6 0 2-1/2 whited bro:thread 7/6, 1 0 17 6 mens do 10/ In the Store A parcell horn butt &c, a parcel 0 4 0 tick'd 723 wt? lead at 2£ ? 6 6 0 2 brushes, 2 pr sheep shears & 0 5 0 1 silver hittles cover &c 5 0 0 16 pr? snuff bell sadle bridle, 1 pr new shoes, 2 pr smaller do 0 8 0 pistolls holsters brest 6 knives & 12 forks 3/9, a 0 18 9 plate & cruppes parcel corks 1 pair silver spurrs 1 6 0 6 silk stones, 1 trunk & some 1 1 0 1 old sadle bridle spurs 0 5 0 leather ___________ weight 0 7 0 3 old _____(can't read) 57 brass in small kettles 4 18 4 a parcel of old tile casks & at 20 ea a parcel of black walnut 1 16 8 34 pot iron at 4 11/4 0 16 4 framing & _____ 1 case 4 bottles & 4 3 old chests, 2 hhds, 1 old 0 12 0 lasts harrow? & has? a parcel tools 15/, 2 pr 1 0 0 56 lbs? wooll at 9 ™2.2.0, 6 3 0 0 tongs & shovells gal lynseed oyles 1 pr smalley styllards 1 12 0 63 lbs? white lead & 4 tan & 1 12 6 1500 8 nails 4 broad 4 3 0 black hoes 17/ 1500 6 nails 2 juggs, a parcell lumber, chest 1 10 0 a parcell of earthen ware 1 5 8 1 pottle, 1 qt, 1 pint & 1-1/2 0 10 0 a parcell of old iron & 0 4 4 pint pott, 3 watring potts a parcell old baggs a parcell of lead and glass 0 10 0 1-1/2 ? candle wycks 0 3 0 In Ye Closet in Ye Chamber 18 old pewter & 34 soap 0 17 4 Harry, a negro man 20 0 0 10 glasses & 8 glass cans 0 13 4 Adam 18 0 0 13 wine do,2 glass punch 0 17 0 Cato 25 0 0 bowles, 1 sadle, 3 Hannah, a negro wench & Fanny 25 0 0 cruetts & 2 decanters her child 1 marble mortar & pestle 0 8 0 Jeaney and Cyrus, her child 27 0 0 7 earthen dishes 5/, & 0 9 9 Rose & Abigall, her child 27 0 0 6 punch bowles Phillis 23 0 0 4 poringers 1/4,15 earthen 0 8 10 Beck 25 0 0 plates Vickin 10 0 0 1 doz chocolatt cups 3/, 0 6 8 5480 lbs tobo at 10/ per ct 27 8 0 8 smaller do,14 saucers 4 chiney cups 2/,5 tea 0 8 7 May ye 27th 1728 at Coppohonk potts,11 white cupps 7 chamber potts 4/, 11 0 7 11 Oliver, a negro man 25 0 0 jelly glasses, 2 Quashey 25 0 0 crewitts Peter 25 0 0 5 glass sallts 2/, 2 jug 0 4 0 Casor 26 0 0 dishes,1 bason,1 butler Robin, a negro boy 22 10 0 dish Daniel 20 0 0 6 muggs 5/,1 gally pott, 0 13 0 Bess, a negro wench 15 0 0 1 coffee mill Miriah 15 0 0 6 dish hoops,1 baskett,2 0 1 0 Betty 27 0 0 peper boxes, 1 greater Sarah & Peter, her child 27 0 0 1 doz ivory knives & forks 1 7 0 9 old do 2 stears, 5-years old 2 5 0 5 ivory knives & forks, 1 6 0 4 cows at 20/ 4 0 0 1 doz smaller do 5 2-year olds at 6/ 1 10 0 4 both mettle spoons & 0 1 6 4 cows and calves 4 8 0 skimmer 1 cow, bigg with calf 1 0 0 17 wine glasses 8/6, 12 0 11 10 5 yearlings at 4/ 1 0 0 earthen cryes? 6 2-year old hoggs at 4/ 1 4 0 6 do at 5/ 1 5 0 (should be a new heading here) 5 1-year olds at 2/ 0 10 0 5 do at 4/; 4 at 2/ 1 8 0 5 baron cows @ 20/ ea 5 0 0 2 do at 5/; 6 at 8/ 1 2 0 2 stears of five years ol 2 10 0 4 do 4/; 7 at do 1/8 21 4 0 at 25/ each 3 do at 5/, 7 do at 2/ 1 9 0 4 4-year old do at 17/6 3 10 0 5 do at 4/, 8 do at 2/ 1 4 0 7 3-year old do at 15/ 5 5 0 10 cows & calves at 22/6 11 5 0 3 do two w/calf at 17/6 2 12 6 18 do 6 w/calf at 20/ 12 0 0 6 2-year old at 10/ 3 0 0 8 do at 15/ and 1 3-year 2 7 6 old do 17/6 12 yearling at 6/ 3 12 0 1 fatted stear 4 0 0 4 sows and 21 piggs 2 10 0 17 yearling hogs at 3/ 2 11 0 11 old sheep & 7 lambs 2 15 0 2 fast? horses @ 4£ ea 8 0 0 3 leading horses 8 0 0 2 afses? & a corn barrell 0 2 6 10 old cart & wheels & 0 1 1 harness 1 large grind stone 0 7 6 Source: Library of Virginia, Wills & Administrations, Etc.8 Surry Co, VA 1730-1738, Parts 1,2 Reel 5, page: (not visible) Notes: The date recorded in court is missing. 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